Day 10
05/27/2013 14:32
Today I am full of Patriotism for my country. I have great hope that things get better for everyone and the economy keeps getting better for jobs and our people. I love my country very much and maybe it is corny to say this but I have felt this way since I was a child. I have a great respect for the flag and I wish that others could know more about flag procedures so that they would not show disrespect for it. Like it should never touch the ground. It should not be displayed over night unless it has proper lighting on it so it should be taken down over night. In it should be at half mast Flags need to be flown at half mast when there is a great national tragedy.(Your best bet is when it is at half mast at the White House) Once the flag is torn or touches the ground it needs to be given to a veteran’s group for disposal. It should not be wadded up and it should be folded correctly. I wish that others would teach their children about this as well to instill the patriotism that I learned from being in the color guard at school. We have lost these things over the years but we could also take this time to renew our respect for our flag. We also said the Pledge of Allegiance with the words under God in it every day in school that I also feel made a different mind set to us all over the years. The time it takes to do these things right or even at all is not much out of our days. If you cannot fly the flag and give it the respect that it needs every day then maybe just take it out on special days when you have the time to give it the correct respect it deserves.